Thanks for the great information Soulflame, it is really appreciated and clarifies a lot of things.

To some of the questions popping up in this thread I'd like to add my two cents:

But I was just wondering what is this shit about "bridges" between Ireland and Scotland, and Denmark and Sweden.

You only got a bridge between Denmark and Sweden in the 20th century. Whats this nonsence with bridges that cant exist
The 'bridges' he is referring to are land bridges, which are an abstract representation of local shipping used to pass small stretches of water, this makes them behave like modern bridges gameplay-wise, but that's not what they are.

ow what I'd like is a "Hall of Fame" scroll in the campaign, that keeps track of the most talented generals and maybe governors that lived so far in the campaign. That I'd like much more then historically accurate people spawning from nowhere into an alternative history.
There actually are some screenshots around that show the most famous general of your faction in your faction screen, while this sure isn't the feature you've envisioned it's still a beginning.

Cheers!

Ituralde